Bottle



July 14, 1931. s, SCHOFIELD 1,814,638

BOTTLE Filed Feb. 23, 1929 Patented July 14, 1931 SAMUEL SCHUFIELD, OF

PATENT FFICE LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND BOTTLE Application filed February 23, 1929, Serial No.

The present invention relates to improvements in bottles and more paizicularly to those having a closure of the crown-cork type.

According to the present invention the usual flange over which the rim of the crown cork is engaged is recessed at one or more places around the flange so that a lessened resistance to the removal of the crown cork will be present at these places.

A flat-sided crown or ledge may be provided around the bottle below the rim of the crown cork to allow for the insertion of a coin for the removal of the cork, or again, one or more flat-sided depressions can be provided in the neck of the bottle at these places for the insertion of a coin.

Where such fiat-sided depressions are provided we prefer to arrange the recessed portions in the flange at the top edge of the bottle at spaced distances away from the said straight-sided recess or recesses, that is to say, in the case of two recesses diametrically spaced on the bottle neck the recessed portions of the flange will be spaced at 90 away from each other.

The invention is more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of one fo m of bottle constructed according to the invention.

Figure 2 is a corresponding plan view.

Figure 3 is a fragmental sectional elevation on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional plan View on the line ll of Figure 1.

As illustrated in the drawings, the flange 1 of the bottle is recessed as at 2 at, three places spaced equidistantly on the circumference of the flange so as to lessen the resistance to removal of the crown cork from the flange.

Depressions or notches 5, are provided equidistantly about the bottle neck immediately beneath the flange l for insertion of a coin or thelike for removal of the crown cork. The lower face or ledge 6 of each depression or notch is formed as a helical arc on the circumference of the bottle neck, that is to say, the said face or ledge is slightly inclined relative to the flange 1.

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Thus the distance between the crown cork and the ledge varies at different points on the ledge, so that a coin may be conveniently inserted between the cork and ledge at a point where this distance is relatively great, and then moved along the ledge into a position where this distance is smaller whereby removal of the cork is facilitated.

The upper or sealing face of the bottle neck is preferably of rounded or circular crossscctional shape in order to assume efiicient sealing of the bottle.

It is obvious that this invention may be applied to a jar or to a bottle having a neck of diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the base.

I declare that what I claim is A receptacle having a neck adapted to be closed by a closure of the crown cork type comprising in combination a body, a flange adapted to receive a crown cork, and recessed to lessen resistance to removal of a crown cork, and a number of recesses beneath said flange spaced intermediate and equi-distantly to the recesses in said flange.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my 11511116 this sixth day of February 1929.

SAMUEL SCHOFXELD. 

